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Brooklinen’s Winning Formula for Customer Service Training and Performance Management

Stella Connect

Brooklinen , a fast-growing online retailer that made its debut in 2012, wasn’t founded on a whim. In doing so, Rich set the tone for Brooklinen’s exceptional customer experience and inspired a unique approach to customer service training and performance management. We get to know each other as people.

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Service with a Smile

Ann Michaels and Associates

Customer service training is one of the smartest investments a company can make… Ever talked to a phone representative who was anything but helpful? With proper training, companies can make sure their employees provide service with a smile—and make customers smile in return. .

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Being the Bearer of Bad News

ShepHyken

The letter goes on to explain that they haven’t raised prices since 2012 and they want to continue to deliver the quality their members expect. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author. It’s a bummer. We don’t want to do it. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Brooklinen’s Winning Formula for CS Training and Performance Management

Stella Connect

Brooklinen , a fast-growing online retailer that made its debut in 2012, wasn’t founded on a whim. In doing so, Rich set the tone for Brooklinen’s exceptional customer experience and inspired a unique approach to customer service training and performance management. We get to know each other as people.

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Customer Expectations and Staff Retention Are Biggest Challenges to Outstanding Service

CSM Magazine

Training and staff retention was cited as the top challenge by 33 percent of respondents, a big shift from ASQ’s last customer service survey in 2012, when it was rated as the least significant challenge. Twenty-nine percent surveyed this year said managing customer expectations was their No.

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Becoming a Customer Service Rockstar! How to Stand Out & Move Ahead

Myra Golden

Discover ways you may inadvertently be communicating with provoking language and learn how to quickly make your communication supportive. We’ll show you how to gently bridge into questioning so you don’t turn your customers off. Get tips on the best ways to acknowledge concern and respond to complements.

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How to Turn Social Media Customer Service into a Marketing Strategy

ShepHyken

Official smart USA (@smartcarusa) June 19, 2012. Real-time customer feedback tells you what customers love, hate, and more. In today’s social media landscape, trust is earned through communication on more than one channel. Couldn’t have been one bird, @adtothebone. Sounds more like 4.5 Seriously, we did the math.)